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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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